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Hey everyone, James Scully here. This Saturday, December 16th, is the 188th anniversary of the Great Fire of 1835. It burned the entire financial district in New York City to the ground. The fire was so big it could be seen from Philadelphia, 90 miles away.
I’m doing two walking tours, one at 12PM and one at 4PM on the anniversary in conjunction with the audio fiction soap opera set in 1835 NYC I've developed called Burning Gotham — http://burninggotham.com/. Burning Gotham was a 2022 Tribeca Film Festival audio selection.
Join us as we explore lower Manhattan and the notable sights and scandals of 1830s New York, with a close look at 1835 and how a single year forever changed New York City in big ways.
Included here are links where you can buy tickets to both — https://linktr.ee/thewallbreakers
I hope to see you there!
Hey everyone! James Scully here. I’m doing a webinar and walking tour this week in conjunction with the audio fiction soap opera set in 1835 NYC I've developed called Burning Gotham — http://burninggotham.com/
The walking tours have been very popular. I'm doing one this coming Saturday 12/09/2023 in Lower Manhattan with Eyes on Manhattan at 1PM — https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/eyesonmanhattan/items/506819/calendar/2023/12/?flow=no&full-items=yes
And for those who can't come and are interested in this wild period of U.S. and NYC history, I'm doing a webinar with the New York Adventure Club this Friday 12/08/2023 at 5:30PM eastern time — https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/1830s-nyc-a-decade-of-social-political-geographical-upheaval-webinar-registration-752806914747/
Also, next Saturday, December 16th, is the 188th anniversary of the Great Fire of 1835. It burned the entire financial district to the ground under very interesting circumstances. I’ll have two tours that day.
Included here are links where you can buy tickets to all of these. This week’s webinar is $10 and Saturday’s walking tour is $35 — https://linktr.ee/thewallbreakers
I'd love to see you there!
Hi everyone! I'm (James Scully) doing a webinar and walking tour this week in conjunction with an audio fiction soap opera set in 1835 NYC I've developed called Burning Gotham — http://burninggotham.com/
The walking tours have been very popular. I'm doing one this coming Sunday 9/24/2023 in Lower Manhattan, NYC with the New York Adventure Club at 12PM — https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/exploring-1830s-new-york-from-the-great-fire-to-south-street-seaport-registration-705407632217/
And for those who can't attend but are interested in this wild period of U.S. and NYC history, I'm doing a webinar with the same organization this Thursday 9/21/2023 at 5:30PM eastern time — https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/1830s-nyc-a-decade-of-social-political-geographical-upheaval-webinar-registration-695345927387/
I'd love to see you there!
Beyond Burning Gotham: Episode 4
These episodes are the history compendium for the preceding Burning Gotham chapters. They’ll help paint the picture on what was really going on in 1835. Our characters live in a New York rapidly becoming the most important city in the western world.
In this episode we’ll wrap up the first eight Burning Gotham chapters. Burning Gotham Chapter seven is called: Welcome To Hell Gate.
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Featured interviews:
Greg Young
Daniel Levy
Glen Umberger
Jeff Broxmeyer
Gary Urbanowicz
Carol Ward
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Important Links
New York Landmarks Conservancy
Greg Young & Tom Myers’ Bowery Boys Podcast
Electoral Capitalism: The Party System in New York's Gilded Age — By Jeff Broxmeyer
Manhattan Phoenix: The Great Fire of 1835 and the Emergence of Modern New York — Daniel Levy
New York City Fire Museum
The Morris-Jumel Mansion
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Director & Post-Producer:
James Scully
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